2004 Lancia Ypsilon

By: March 1, 2003

We bring you the Lancia Ypsilon not because it’s coming to the United StatesLancia’s parent, Fiat, is bleeding billions in red ink and is hardly looking to return herebut because we just thought it looks cool. Many of the three-door hatchbacks you see running around European cities tend to blur blandly together, but the Ypsilon’s compact, well-proportioned body integrates historic Lancia design themes (large upright grille, tall taillamps) and will get noticed when it’s cruising Via Veneto in Rome. In a nod to the previous Lancia Y model, the Ypsilon takes its name from the word denoting the Greek letter Y and will be equipped with a range of tiny four-cylinder engines typical of the European market, including a 70-horsepower diesel.
BOTTOM LINE: As stylish as the new , but nowhere near as powerful, and nowhere near our shores.

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